Walsh v. State Department of Natural Resources

This is an appeal from a final decree of the Workmen’s Compensation Commission denying the petitioner’s claim for specific compensation under G.L. 1956 (1968 Reenactment) §28-33-19(d) for loss of sight in his right eye.

The petitioner was injured on October 18, 1973, when a tow line on a boat he was operating in his capacity as a boat captain for respondent’s Division of Fish and Wildlife snapped and struck him in the right eye. The petitioner received compensation benefits for the initial period of incapacity. On September 18, 1975, petitioner filed a petition seeking specific compensation…